Emergence of consonant sandi in European Portuguese: a prosodic approach

Authors

  • Alexandra Malho Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa / FLUL
  • Susana Correia Centro de Linguística da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / FCSH-NOVA
  • Sónia Frota Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa / FLUL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a11

Keywords:

sandhi, acquisition, prosodic structure, coda

Abstract

In European Portuguese, the domain for sandhi phenomena is the intonational phrase. Unlike the intonational phrase, the phonological phrase has been shown to be only relevant for rhythm and prominence-related phenomena (Frota, 2000, 2014). Fricative voicing between words (casa[ʒb]rancas, casa[ʃp]retas) and ressylabification before vowel-initial words (casa[zɐ]marelas) occur within the intonational phrase. In this study, we considered spontaneous productions of a Portuguese child (Luma), aged 2;04-4;00, to examine the acquisition of external consonantal sandhi. The data show that sandhi production varies according to the segmental (C#C, C#V, CFric, CVib, CLat) and prosodic context (clitic, prosodic word, position in prosodic structure). The data further confirm that sandhi occurs within the intonational phrase, supporting the analysis proposed for the adult grammar. This study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the acquisition of the prosodic structure and the acquisition of sandhi phenomena.

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Published

2017-09-29

How to Cite

Malho, A., Correia, S., & Frota, S. (2017). Emergence of consonant sandi in European Portuguese: a prosodic approach. Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association, (3), 177–190. https://doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a11

Issue

No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Portuguese Linguistics Association

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